Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Livingston South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors. In April 2020, Peter Johnson retired from West Lothian Council triggering a by-election on the 11th March 2021 where Maria MacAulay (SNP) was duly elected.[2]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Peter Johnson
(SNP) 		John Muir
(SNP) 		Danny Logue
(Labour) 		Lawrence Fitzpatrick
(Labour)
2012
2017 Moira Shemilt
(SNP) 		Peter Heggie
(Conservative)
2022 Maria Macaulay
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 West Lothian Council election

Livingston South - 4 seats[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SNP Maria Macaulay 29.76% 2,252                  
Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 26.80% 2,028                  
Conservative Peter Heggie (incumbent) 11.68% 884 888 946 954 984 1,013 1,032 1,034 1,134 1,385
SNP Moira Shemilt (incumbent) 9.23% 698 1,344 1,374 1,385 1,403 1,459 1,631      
Labour Craig Smith 5.58% 422 430 736 745 786 841 911 931 1,106  
Independent Eddie Anderson 5.08% 384 393 422 434 453 601 657 680    
Scottish Green Cameron Glasgow 4.34% 328 360 381 386 424 443        
Independent Eddie Millar 4.27% 323 333 347 362 373          
Liberal Democrats Caron Lindsay 2.21% 167 171 189 195            
Scottish Family Margaret Hamilton 1.06% 80 82 87              
Electorate: 19,101   Valid: 7,566   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 40.2%[5]  

2017 Election

2017 West Lothian Council election[6]

Livingston South - 4 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 27.12% 2,228            
SNP Peter Johnston (incumbent) 20.69% 1,700            
Conservative Peter Heggie 19.40% 1,594 1,673          
SNP Moira Shemilt 13.02% 1,070 1,109 1,151 1,151 1,169 1,268 1,827
Labour Danny Logue (incumbent) 8.41% 691 1,080 1,083 1,091 1,137 1,216 1,241
SNP Annmargaret Watson 7.17% 589 593 598 599 602 620  
Scottish Green Jayne Glass 2.44% 200 221 223 225 275    
Liberal Democrats Jill Pattle 1.75% 144 154 155 160      
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 8,216   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,644   Turnout: 46.3%  

2012 Election

2012 West Lothian Council election[8]

Livingston South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick (incumbent) 34.89 2,395          
SNP Peter Johnston (incumbent) 24.34 1,671          
Labour Danny Logue (incumbent) 13.01 893 1,631.7        
SNP John Muir (incumbent) 11.92 818 867.1 966.2 986 1,015.6 1,534.4
SNP John Lindsay 5.84 401 444.9 603.8 622.1 648.5  
Conservative Nick Davis 5.45 374 425.2 428.8 448.9    
Action to Save St John's Hospital Derreck Allen McCullough 4.55 312 376.9 392.4 458.9 679.3 731.3
Electorate: 16,441   Valid: 6,864   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,373   Turnout: 6,937 (41.75%)  

2007 Election

2007 West Lothian Council election

West Lothian Council election, 2007: Livingston South
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Lawrence Fitzpatrick 2,584 30.4 1 1
SNP Peter Johnson 2,543 30.0 2 1
Labour Danny Logue 1,081 12.7 3 3
SNP John Muir 879 10.4 4 5
Conservative Marion Kerr 527 6.2
Liberal Democrats Evan Bell 420 4.9
Independent Eddie Anderson 341 4.0
Scottish Socialist Mary Kerr 115 1.4

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ Sommerville, Stuart (14 April 2020). "West Lothian councillor retires after 35 years service". Daily Record. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ "NOTICE OF POLL - West Lothian Council" (PDF). West Lothian Council. West Lothian Council. 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Declaration of Results (Ward 4 Livingston South)" (PDF). West Lothian Council. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. ^ https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Ward 4 Livingston South 2017 Results - West Lothian Council". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Previous Election Results".
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